darrmit

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by darrmit 4d ago
SimpleNote has always been the standard to me for what note taking needs to be, but the lack of encryption makes it a non-starter for me. StandardNotes comes close.
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by darrmit 1mo ago
Had the exact same thought. It’s like reading a foreign language – and I’m going to be honest – not load bearing at all.
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by darrmit 2mo ago
I came here to say this. I had abandoned smartwatches entirely and gone back to mechanical watches because smartwatches just did too much and the small utility I got from them (i.e. health) came with the tradeoff that they had to be charged
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by darrmit 9mo ago
This is horrible and a big reason why I refuse to go “all in” on Apple, Google, or Microsoft (among other reasons). Apple is the one I’m closest to given my hardware, though. Given how invested you are in the Apple ecosystem I can’t fathom
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by darrmit 9mo ago
I have been experimenting with Immich off and on for over a year, first in docker-compose and now in podman. It is slick and seamless in a lot of ways, but the portability and upgrade ability are questionable, as others have highlighted. Fo
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by darrmit 10mo ago
I would absolutely call it good given the volume of comments that flow through here. Not sure what other communities you’re referring to, but my experience over decades of forums and social media is that HN consistently somehow avoids the t
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by darrmit 10mo ago
You lost me at “the left”.
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by darrmit 10mo ago
I’ve been in rather intense therapy for several years due to a hyper religious upbringing and a narcissistic mother. Recently I’ve used AI to help summarize and synthesize thoughts and therapy notes. I see it as being a helpful assistant in
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by darrmit 11mo ago
Fool me twice, can't put the blame on you..
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by darrmit 1y ago
Immutable distros today feel like someone read a CNCF "best of" publication and decided to throw it at desktop Linux to see what sticks. Not everyone wants to be a DevOps engineer. I think the concept has promise (see: ChromeOS) b
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by darrmit 1y ago
I've tried so many things like this over the years and considered Configurator, but my only Apple computer at this point is a corporate Mac that blocks USB access to my phone. It's a great idea, and I'm glad to see it documen
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by darrmit 1y ago
I have never input anything into one of these tools that I wasn’t entirely comfortable with them using for training or any other reason. I just assumed it was happening.
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by darrmit 2y ago
It's so funny you mention that because I picked up the Daily Stoic a couple of years ago and have read it off and on. I have found it really enjoyable. Thanks for the rec!
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by darrmit 2y ago
I do agree point #2 is possible, but is that not something that could be accounted for and tuned in the model to an extent? I believe a tuned LLM would be able to distinguish between interpretation and generation of scripture, but I may be
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by darrmit 2y ago
I mean I found great relief from high-demand Evangelicalism via giving up on my belief and seeking intense therapy from the traumas I experienced. However, as both I, my wife, and our kids age, we feel a need for some framework to live by,
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by darrmit 2y ago
As someone who was raised extremely religious, strayed to the polar opposite, and is now trying to find my way in between the two, I do find this interesting. While the understanding of LLMs and when/how to apply them makes sense, I wo
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by darrmit 2y ago
I've been using Firefox for years personally and I love it. But it's cumbersome to try to use it for work, at least in a separate browser instance a la Chrome Profiles or Safari profiles. I wish they'd make that easier.
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by darrmit 2y ago
This is reminiscent of my own experience with Linux, but I didn't go the developer route and instead ended up in product management via sysadmin and consulting. Through the years, the thousands of hours I spent experimenting with Linux
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by darrmit 2y ago
Also upvoting, as this is a valuable lesson as you head into a career: no company (nor school) cares about you more than they care about the organization. HR does not work for you and while the individuals may care for you personally, they
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by darrmit 2y ago
I did the same and will likely end up back with Instapaper. Omnivore’s export leaves a lot to be desired, though. Trying to find a script that will give me something usable to import.
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by darrmit 2y ago
Ugh this is the only read-it-later service I ever found that "stuck". It was so simple and good. This sucks.
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by darrmit 2y ago
I did pay briefly for Kagi, but ultimately just didn't see the benefit over DDG. Google seems to be too far gone to be useful, but DDG still consistently finds what I need. Other than that, the main issue I have with Kagi from a busine
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by darrmit 2y ago
I gave up at "You give up human readable files". While I recognize in some cases these recommendations may make sense/CSV may not be ideal, the idea of a CSV _export_ is generally that it could need to be reviewed by a human.
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by darrmit 3y ago
The religious "trust" scale would likely look largely the same. While "deeply religious" may have been the reality for the US at one point, I think it would be hard to argue that with each generation we don't move a
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by darrmit 3y ago
I did this back in 2012 after using Android and iPhone for the previous 4-5 years and despite really finding it a good experience, even then it was becoming difficult to live without maps and a camera. I've been thinking about it again
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by darrmit 3y ago
Agreed. Miniflux is rock solid and I use Reeder on my iOS devices, which actually is gorgeous and looks native on iOS. Have used NetNewsWire as well.
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by darrmit 3y ago
I've found restic + rclone to be extremely stable and reliable for this same sort of differential backup. I backup to Backblaze B2 and have also used Google Drive with success, even for 1TB+ of data.
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by darrmit 3y ago
Sarah and Duck is a great show. We watched it all the time when my 11 year old was 5-6 and my now 5 year old has grown to love it as well. Agreed on the description - the instrumental music is relaxing and the mix between realism and comple
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by darrmit 3y ago
> All of these practices feel fairly benign So let's say you're running a Linux distro and you install a browser. That browser then overwrites files elsewhere on the system making it nearly impossible to eradicate. That's
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by darrmit 3y ago
They've skated by with this sort of completely insensitive handling of customers for years and my (completely anecdotal) recent experience is that less technical people are starting to take note. I have friends who have never cared abo

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